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Sailors and Marine Oilers · SOC 53-5011

Sailors and Marine Oilers Salary in the Paducah Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Paducah, KY-IL metro area

Figures describe the Paducah, KY-IL metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Paducah city limits.

Median annual wage$47,550
Median hourly wage$22.86

Sailors and Marine Oilers in the Paducah, KY-IL metro area earned a median of $47,550 per year ($22.86 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $38,140 at the 10th percentile to $62,080 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,070 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Sailors and Marine Oilers in the Paducah metro area earn more than $47,550 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $39,220 and $61,040.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$38,140$39,220$47,550$61,040$62,080
Hourly$18.34$18.85$22.86$29.35$29.85

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Paducah metro areathis metro area
    $47,550
  • Kentuckystate (KY)
    $47,460
  • United Statesnational
    $51,520

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is about the same vs Kentucky overall and −8% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$30,700$47,090$63,480$79,870San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $30,700Pittsburgh, PA — $37,920Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $38,470Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $38,480Lake Charles, LA — $38,600Savannah, GA — $42,360Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $42,710New Haven, CT — $43,360New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $43,630Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $44,070Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $44,350Corpus Christi, TX — $44,520Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $44,880Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $45,600Portland-South Portland, ME — $45,610Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $45,630Wilmington, NC — $46,910Baton Rouge, LA — $47,520Paducah, KY-IL — $47,550Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $48,210Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $48,270San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $48,290Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $48,500Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $48,530Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $48,560Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $49,400Lafayette, LA — $49,500Naples-Marco Island, FL — $49,670Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $50,050Mobile, AL — $50,480Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $51,320Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $52,000Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $52,110Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $52,950Cleveland, OH — $53,520Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $55,610Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $57,320St. Louis, MO-IL — $57,450Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $57,870Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $59,100Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $61,120Barnstable Town, MA — $61,510Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $61,630New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $62,550Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $62,610Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $62,650Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $63,900Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $65,940Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $68,740Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $68,740San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $68,780Anchorage, AK — $73,320Duluth, MN-WI — $74,920Jacksonville, FL — $75,530Urban Honolulu, HI — $76,330Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $79,870

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Paducah metro area has the 38th-highest published median for this occupation among the 56 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Kentucky

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for sailors and marine oilers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Paducah metro areathis page
    $47,550
  • Louisville/Jefferson County metro area
    $62,650

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$38,110Stockers and Order Fillers$33,120Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$50,520Light Truck Drivers$41,720First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$59,120Driver/Sales Workers$31,200

Highest-paying metro areas for sailors and marine oilerss · Highest-paying occupations in Paducah Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.